Crown Hall

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academic building building landmark modernist architecture

Crown Hall is a landmark modernist building on the Illinois Institute of Technology campus in Chicago, celebrated for its open-plan steel-and-glass design by architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe.

Aliases (1)

S. R. Crown Hall ×2

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	academic building → building → landmark → modernist architecture →
architect	Ludwig Mies van der Rohe NERFINISHED →
architecturalStyle	International Style → Modernism →
campus	Illinois Institute of Technology →
category	Illinois Institute of Technology buildings → Modernist architecture in Illinois → National Historic Landmarks in Chicago → University and college buildings in Chicago →
constructionStartYear	1950 →
continent	North America →
country	United States →
designFeature	column-free main hall → open-plan interior → suspended roof →
floorCount	1 →
function	architecture school building → college building →
hasArchitect	Ludwig Mies van der Rohe NERFINISHED →
hasFacade	glass curtain wall →
heritageDesignation	National Historic Landmark →
heritageDesignationYear	2001 →
houses	College of Architecture at Illinois Institute of Technology →
listedOn	National Register of Historic Places →
locatedInCity	Chicago →
locatedInCountry	United States →
locatedInState	Illinois →
location	Illinois Institute of Technology campus →
material	glass → reinforced concrete → steel →
namedAfter	S. R. Crown →
notableFor	clear-span interior space → minimalist detailing → open-plan steel-and-glass design →
NRHPListingYear	2001 →
officialName	S. R. Crown Hall →
owner	Illinois Institute of Technology →
partOf	Illinois Institute of Technology Main Campus →
roofType	steel plate roof →
structuralSystem	steel frame →
usedFor	architecture studios → classrooms → exhibition space → lectures →
yearCompleted	1956 →

Referenced by (5)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe → Maria Ludwig Michael Mies →	notableWork
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe →	designed
Illinois Institute of Technology ("S. R. Crown Hall") →	hasNotableBuilding
Crown Hall ("S. R. Crown Hall") →	officialName